Kurt Busch will not face charges

Kurt Busch is not expected to be charged in the domestic assault case that allegedly occurred last September during the second of two annual Dover race weekends. Busch has been suspended indefinitely after it was ruled in the midst of Daytona Speedweeks two weeks ago that there was "sufficient evidence" in favor of Busch's ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. Busch has since filed for reinstatement of his NASCAR license in the hopes of getting back into the #41 Chevrolet at Stewart-Haas Racing, with whom he signed a multi-year contract in the fall of 2013. Some have argued that Busch should not have been suspended at all, let alone in the middle of NASCAR's opening week, and in fact when the allegations surfaced at Phoenix last November, team co-owner Gene Haas said he was "not interested" in suspending Busch. Only when a contingency plan was made for a possible substitute for Busch earlier in February did it become clear that Busch was facing suspension after all.